Hayato Matsuoka and Cruz Hewitt will square off in the 2^nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hayato Matsuoka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hayato Matsuoka is the pick to win this match.
Hayato Matsuoka -> 1.82
Cruz Hewitt -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Hayato Matsuoka vs. Cruz Hewitt

There is no head to head record between Hayato Matsuoka and Cruz Hewitt since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Hayato Matsuoka

Ranked no. 483 (career-high), Hayato reached the 2^nd round after beating Daniel Jovanovski 7-6(6) 6-7(6) 6-4, Taiyo Yamanaka 6-3 7-5 and Bernard Tomic 6-4 ret..

In the 1^st round against Tomic, the Japanese had a free pass after Tomic retired on a 6-4 . scoreline.

Matsuoka has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 56% of his matches (92-71). 28-21 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Matsuoka has an overall64-46 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

Matsuoka’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Torello,M25 Les Franqueses del Valles,M25 Huzhou and the Brisbane 3 Challenger.

The Japanese has a compiled 35-28 win-loss record in 2025, 28-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Cruz Hewitt

Ranked no. 759 (career-high), Cruz got to the 2^nd round after beating Omar Jasika 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Jasika, Hewitt recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4). During the match Hewitt scored 127 points vs Jasika’s 123. Cruz was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Hewitt managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Cruz Hewitt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hewitt put 56% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (20/48) on the 2nd serve. Hewitt broke Jasika 3 times after converting 16% of his break points (3/19).

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Launceston.

Cruz has a composed 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Matsuoka	Hewitt
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	7	3
Tot Games	67	32
Pts	235-202	127-123
Total Points	437	250
Winners	106	47
%Winners	45%	37%

Matsuoka played 3 matches while Hewitt competed in 1 match. Matsuoka started his run from the qualifications while Hewitt had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Hayato Matsuoka lost 1 set, while Cruz Hewitt surrendered 1 set. Matsuoka has played 4 sets more than Hewitt (7 vs 3). Therefore, Matsuoka played 35 games more than Hewitt. Matsuoka scored 106 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 47 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Matsuoka	Hewitt
Aces	23	5
Avg per match	7.7	5
1st in	135/205	60/108
%1st in	66%	56%
1st pts	106/135	47/60
%1st pts	79%	78%
2nd pts	33/70	20/48
%2nd pts	47%	42%

Matsuoka scored 23 aces (7.7 per match). Hewitt made 5 aces . Matsuoka won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Hewitt won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Matsuoka	Hewitt
Won	9	3
Converted	9/25	3/19
% Converted	36%	16%
Conceded	10	8
Saved	5	5
% Saved	50%	63%
Times Broken	5	3

The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Hayato dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 16% conversion rate. Hewitt conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Matsuoka
	Q1 Jovanovski	Q3 Yamanaka	R1 Tomic	Total
Score	7-66 6-76 6-4	6-3 7-5	6-4 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	1	6
Tot Games	36	21	10	67
pts	115-106	83-66	37-30	235-202
Total points	221	149	67	437
Winners	50	43	13	106
%Winners	43%	52%	35%	45%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	7	23
Double Faults	3	4	1	8
1st in	63/104	55/72	17/29	135/205
% 1st in	61%	76%	59%	66%
1st pts	50/63	43/55	13/17	106/135
% 1st pts	79%	78%	76%	79%
2nd pts	19/41	5/17	9/12	33/70
% 2nd pts	46%	29%	75%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	3	1	9
Converted	5/13	3/9	1/3	9/25
Converted %	38%	33%	33%	36%
Conceded	6	3	1	10
Saved	2/6	2/3	1/1	5
Saved %	33%	67%	100%	67%
Times Broken	4	1	0	5

Hewitt
	R1 Jasika	Total
Score	3-6 7-66 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	127-123	127-123
Total points	250	250
Winners	47	47
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	60/108	60/108
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	47/60	47/60
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	20/48	20/48
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/19	3/19
Converted %	16%	16%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	21%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger

• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Hayden JonesJones (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Emile HuddHudd (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Dane SweenySweeny – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Blake EllisEllis – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-7⁰ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Cruz HewittHewitt – Omar JasikaJasika (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Tai SachSach – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Karan SinghSingh – Aryan ShahShah (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tai SachSach – Blake EllisEllis (0-1) – H2H and prediction